People's hearts are changeable, and some people are unrecognizable after three or five years of separation.

Long Zaitian had already seen through it, but he was powerless to save Lei Zhai's predicament, but Long Xiaochuan was full of confidence.

The next day happened to be the weekend, and Long Xiaomei followed her brother to the county seat in vain.

The first person they were looking for was Pan Lei, nicknamed "Big Ass".

Long Xiaochuan described to his sister: "This guy is tall and strong, with brute strength, and he can pull people out three meters away with a pouting of his buttocks." Let's just tell you, he's going to the basket like a mountain, and no one can grab a rebound from him. Do you know what it means to control rebounds? ”

Long Xiaomei tilted her head and smiled: "Cut, who hasn't watched "Slam Dunk", controlling the rebound is equivalent to controlling the game!" ”

Long Xiaochuan laughed heartily, looking forward to the future.

He is very confident in his scoring ability, and only needs to find a few partners to be the tools for passing and rebounding, and it should be enough to play a mud-legged team like Yumura.

The address of Pan's house is easy to find, and a small restaurant has opened near the county station, focusing on the special dish of Leiming Town - sour soup fish.

But when he walked to the door of the store, Long Xiaochuan felt a little drumming in his heart, Pan Lei went to the county with his parents to work hard after graduating from junior high school, and the two had not met for seven or eight years, I don't know if the other party still remembers himself, and whether he admits that he is from Lei Zhai.

The façade of the restaurant is not large, only about ten meters deep, and several sets of tables and chairs are placed against the wall on both sides.

Because there was no business in the morning, there was no one on the counter to receive him.

Long Xiaochuan probed and shouted to the back kitchen: "Is there anyone?" ”

I saw a black, round figure, carrying a fish-killing knife: "Who, our house is closed in the morning, let's come back at noon." ”

This man is short and fat, with a black face and thick lips, like a lump of walking pork belly, or a local black soil pig......

Long Xiaochuan looked the person in front of him up and down, and hesitated: "You are Pan Lei?" ”

"Oh, Ogawa? Long Xiaochuan! Haha, which gust of wind is blowing you. ”

Pan Lei hurriedly threw away the fish-killing knife, rubbed his hands on his apron, and wanted to shake hands but felt unclean and impolite, and was at a loss.

Long Xiaochuan didn't care, and hugged him directly and enthusiastically.

However, his heart was half cold: "This guy hasn't grown tall since he graduated from junior high school?" ”

He himself is 1.78 meters tall, which is equivalent to a second-class cripple in the basketball world, Pan Lei is shorter than him, at most 175 centimeters, how can he expect to grab rebounds and dominate the inside line at this height?

Therefore, in the next conversation, Long Xiaochuan never mentioned the matter of recruiting people for the Leizhai basketball team, but just said that he and his sister came to the county to buy things, and heard that his home was nearby, so he came over to sit and chat about the current situation.

Pan Lei was very talkative: "Since you're here, don't leave, stay here with me at noon to try the craft." Let me tell you, our family's sour soup fish is famous far and wide, and it is a must in Mi County! ”

"No, no, I still want to see a few other old friends."

Tang Xiaochuan casually said a few names, but he didn't expect Pan Lei to pat his chest and tremble: "It's not simple, I'll call them all with a phone call, and let's just sit down and have two drinks together." ”

Pan Lei's parents were also very enthusiastic, and they talked about a lot of old things in their hometown with the brothers and sisters of the Long family, and also talked about the farming plan to go back to the village in a few days to catch up with spring sowing.

Although the Pan family settled in the county town for most of the year, they did not abandon the terraced fields in their hometown, and always remembered that they were from Leizhai.

These words made Long Xiaochuan feel a trace of warmth, and he believed that as long as the roots were there, the hearts of the people would not be dispersed.

Pan Lei went out to make a phone call with six or seven people, and only three were willing to come to catch up. Long Xiaochuan was a little disappointed, but he understood that this was the reality of human affection.

According to Pan Lei, the best mix among the three is Sun Changxing, who contracted an express station and recruited a few couriers to become small bosses.

This person is shrewd and talkative, as soon as he enters the door, he blows to Pan Lei in business, and he doesn't leave to make money, joking that if Long Xiaochuan has no way, he can follow him first: "Transition, wait for you to gain a firm foothold in the county, and then find other high-level jobs in the future." ”

Long Xiaochuan responded with a smile, pondering Sun Changxing's position in the basketball team.

This person is 1.85 meters tall, which is the "first altitude of Lei Zhai", but unfortunately he is a little thin, and his weight of more than 130 pounds is scattered on the big skeleton, which feels like a telephone pole, and it is too soft to play the No. 5 position, and he can barely be regarded as a big forward in the No. 4 position, and he doesn't know how the projection ability is.

"If only the big ass could give him thirty or fifty pounds......"

He was muttering to himself when there was a continuous sound of stomping his feet at the door of the restaurant, followed by a high-pitched and loud cough.

Pan Lei hurriedly ran to the door to greet him.

Long Xiaochuan first saw a tattooed flower arm pushing the door, followed by a face wearing sunglasses, combing oily hair, black and red skin, and bulging blue tendons on his forehead.

He was a little confused and couldn't remember who it was: "Hello? ”

"You're a fart, it's me, don't you know?"

The other party grinned and spat fragrantly, took off his sunglasses, and revealed a pair of small squinted eyes that could make Li Ronghao bow down.

"Luo Gaozhan!" Long Xiaochuan instantly activated his memory, looking up and down at the other party's T-shirt, suit, armpit bag, and wearing beanie shoes: "Oh, I haven't seen you for a few years, how did you become a big brother in society?" ”

Pan Lei took the opportunity to boast on the side that Brother Luo is now majestic, and the entire station street is covered by him.

Luo Gaozhan wiped the hair oil and smiled proudly: "You can't talk nonsense, I am a law-abiding and good citizen, and I can help my brothers, all thanks to the big brothers I knew from playing ball before." ”

Hearing the word "playing ball", Long Xiaochuan's eyes lit up: "Do you also play basketball?" ”

"Hey, who plays that thing in society," Luo Gaozhan looked disgusted: "Billiards!" ”

According to him, after coming to the county town for a while, he found that he still had a little talent for playing billiards, so he mixed in various stadiums all the year round, and gradually practiced a unique skill of making ball: "Big brother wants me to win, and I will take it all in one shot." Big brother wants me to lose, I can do it without revealing my stuffing, you know. ”

Long Xiaochuan was slightly disappointed and politely praised a few words, but he was not very willing to have a deep friendship with Luo Gaozhan.

On the one hand, he doesn't like this kind of social person very much, and on the other hand, Luo Gaozhan is too short, less than 1.6 meters tall, and he should naturally stay away from the basketball court.

Pan Lei quickly shifted the topic to Long Xiaomei, asking how old she was this year, how her studies were, whether she had promised people or something like that, joking about her nickname of "Little Pepper" in Lei Zhai, etc., and chatting lively.

Pan's parents took care of the business in the store, served them wine and food early, and warmly greeted the juniors to eat and drink well.

Long Xiaochuan wondered: "Didn't you say that there is another person?" We'll eat before they arrive, okay? ”

Everyone said, "It's okay, he won't care." ”

In the end, the person who came late was Yu Chengyi, as soon as he entered the door, he scattered smoke and greeted, and took the initiative to punish himself for three cups before sitting down, and he really didn't have a little temper, and he was willing to be a little brother.

Long Xiaochuan had the impression that Yu Chengyi used to be a little kid who always ran blindly behind everyone's butts with snot bubbles, but he didn't expect to grow as tall as himself, but he was still so virtuous.

is probably a mess in his career, Pan Lei didn't introduce Yu Yiyi's profession much, only said that others are like his name, and he is righteous: "He is really good when there is something." ”

Yu Chengyi also patted his thin chest: "Yes, Brother Xiaochuan, if you have something to say, I will be on call." ”

However, at this time, Long Xiaochuan's mind was full of tragic pictures of this brother falling down as soon as he hit the basketball court, and he was injured and couldn't take care of himself without paying attention.

He looked at the other three, a "big fat man", a "telephone pole", and a "little dwarf", the four strange brothers who were tall, short, fat and thin gathered together, which made him more and more reluctant to talk about the real purpose of coming to the county.